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If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about.

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
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Jeffrey Preston ''Jeff'' Bezos
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